As a CEO, Board Leader, and Consultant, Rob Sweeney has built a reputation for successful global business development for world-class organizations including Fortune 50 leader GE Capital. Rob integrates government policy and business development expertise with unique mix of experience across countries including US, Mexico, UK, France, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Rob builds trust as a critical interface between government affairs and business, forming alliances with top-level government and C-Suite executives, developing Pemex’s 1st business plan, and launching Mexico’s 1st commercial bank (GE Capital Bank de Mexico). He is a highly-sought consultant, advising across a wide range of topics including policy and government relations best practices. Rob delivers expert board leadership to several companies, raising millions of dollars in debt/equity. He consistently expands his expertise across global business development and complex policy issues, currently earning his Masters in National Security/Intelligence from The Bush School of Government in Washington, DC and previously earning his Masters in International Affairs/International Finance & Banking from Columbia University.As the Founding Partner of Accelex, Rob delivers global consulting expertise to US and foreign businesses and individuals for international business development initiatives. He has guided a large Middle Eastern investment group in identifying US investment and “reshoring” prospects and deconstructed U.S. government policies and institutional players for a foreign political party. Rob has been handpicked numerous times to use his cross-cultural expertise to turnaround troubled banks. His success stories include transforming operations for Filipino/Indian Mission National Bank (with $190M in assets) and overhauling Taiwanese-owned Far East National Bank with $2B in assets and 350 employees, doubling profits to $18M.As VP/Managing Director for GE Capital, Rob drove banking success across US, Mexico, and Asia with wins including launching Mexico’s first commercial bank (GE Capital Bank de Mexico) with $200M in assets, introducing and growing GE Capital Pitex platform for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) leasing to $300M, and driving $250M/year growth through platform management of GE Capital Global Electronics Solutions globally. Rob’s experience includes leadership roles with Group Financiero Serfin, Booz, Allen, and Hamilton de Mexico, the Senate Budget Committee and L’Institut Atlantique des Affaires Internationales in Paris.